Tunica County board holds brief executive session on recording, adjourns to March meeting

According to the meeting transcript, the Tunica County board entered an executive session at about 4:30 p.m. to discuss the board’s “ability to record” meetings and voted to adjourn until a Monday in March at 4 p.m.

The transcript shows the private session began around 4:30–4:32 p.m. and that the board voted to come out of executive session at 4:35 p.m. The discussion during the closed session was limited to the board’s ability to record; the transcript does not show any formal action or vote taken on recording during that session.

Present for the executive session, per the transcript, were the board president (identified as David; last name not specified), Vice President Johnson (first name not specified), Supervisors Don (first name not specified), Leib (first name not specified) and Nixon (first name not specified), County Administrator Mr. Willis (first name not specified), County Clerk Ms. Siggers (first name not specified), Board Attorney Perez (first name not specified) and an attendee described as Mister Black (appointed to the session).

After returning to open session, a motion to adjourn until a Monday in March at 4 p.m. was made, seconded and carried after an “Aye” vote. The transcript records the motion being moved and seconded and the chair calling for the question; no roll-call vote or numerical tally was provided in the transcript.

The transcript does not specify the exact calendar date in March for the reconvened meeting, and it does not record any staff assignments or directions resulting from the executive session. The only substantive topic recorded for the closed session was the discussion of the board’s ability to record meetings.

The board’s next meeting is set for a Monday in March at 4 p.m., per the adjournment motion recorded in the transcript; the precise date was not specified in the provided excerpt.